packed to the gills



packed to the gills

Completely full; teeming; having no room to spare. I've got so many meetings and deadlines these days that my schedule is packed to the gills! Her mind was packed to the gills with ideas for her new book. I felt packed to the gills after my grandmother's Thanksgiving meal.
See also: gill, packed

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Elisabeti-Old Church Slavic
Pate-Medieval English
Gaetane-French
Hieu-Biblical Latin
Gennadios-Ancient Greek
Rubin['ru:bin]